WVC 31 A- 8 E- 2
§31A-8E-2. Definitions.
As used in this article, unless a different meaning is
required by the context, the following words and phrases shall have
the following meanings:

(a) "Acquisition of a branch" means the acquisition of a
branch located in a host state, without either engaging in an
"interstate merger transaction" as defined in article eight-d of
this chapter or acquiring all or substantially all of the assets of
another bank by merger or purchase.

(b) "Bank" has the meaning set forth in 12 U.S.C. §1813(h):
Provided, That the term "bank" does not include any "foreign bank"
as defined in 12 U.S.C. §3101(7), except that the term includes any
foreign bank organized under the laws of a territory of the United
States, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa or the Virgin Islands,
the deposits of which are insured by the federal deposit insurance
corporation.

(c) "Bank holding company" has the meaning set forth in 12
U.S.C. §1841(a)(1).

(d) "Bank supervisory agency" means:

(1) Any agency of another state with primary responsibility
for chartering and supervising banks; and

(2) The office of the comptroller of the currency, the federal
deposit insurance corporation, the board of governors of the
federal reserve system and any successor to these agencies.
(e) "Board of banking and financial institutions" means the board created pursuant to the provisions of article three of this
chapter and referred to herein as "board".

(f) "Branch" has the meaning set forth in subsection (f),
section two, article one of this chapter. It includes an office of
a bank that exercises only trust powers as described by subsection
(a), section fourteen, article four of this chapter and a
nonbanking subsidiary of a bank holding company or a bank that
provides trust services pursuant to the provisions of subsection
(d), section fourteen, article four of this chapter.

(g) "Commissioner" means the West Virginia commissioner of
banking then in office and, where appropriate, all of his or her
successors and predecessors in office.

(h) "Control" shall be construed consistently with the
provisions of 12 U.S.C. §1841(a)(2).

(i) "De novo branch" means a branch of a bank located in a
host state which: (i) Is originally established by the bank as a
branch; and (ii) does not become a branch of the bank as a result
of: (A) The acquisition of another bank or a branch of another
bank; or (B) the merger, consolidation or conversion involving any
such bank or branch.

(j) "Home state" means:

(1) With respect to a state bank, the state by which the bank
is chartered;

(2) With respect to a national bank, the state in which the
main office of the bank is located; or

(3) With respect to a foreign bank, the state determined to be
the home state of such foreign bank under 12 U.S.C. §3103(c).
(k) "Home state regulator" means, with respect to an
out-of-state state bank, the bank supervisory agency of the state
in which the bank is chartered.

(l) "Host state" means a state, other than the home state of
a bank, in which the bank maintains, or seeks to establish and
maintain, a branch.

(m) "Out-of-state bank" means a bank whose home state is a
state other than West Virginia.

(n) "Out-of-state state bank" means a bank chartered under the
laws of any state other than West Virginia.

(o) "State" means any state of the United States, the District
of Columbia, any territory of the United States, Puerto Rico, Guam,
the Virgin Islands and American Samoa.

(p) "West Virginia state bank" means a bank chartered under
the laws of West Virginia.

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